Thorolf Kveldulfsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Thorolf.

Thorolf Kveldulfsson[a] was the oldest son of Kveldulf Bjalfasson and brother of the Norwegian/Icelandic goði and skald Skalla-Grimr. His ancestor (great uncle) Hallbjorn was nicknamed "halftroll", possibly indicating Norwegian-Sami ancestry.[1]

He served as a retainer of Harald I of Norway (Harald Fairhair). Thorolf is a hero of the early part of Egils saga.


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  1. ^ Pálsson, Hermann (2012), "The Sami People in Old Norse Literature", Nordlit, 3 (1): 31, The following nouns were used about people of mixed parentage:..halftroll 'a half troll'. This is used as the nickname of Hallbjǫrn of Ramsta in Namdalen, father of Ketill hœngr, and ancestor of some of the settlers of Iceland, including Skalla-Grímr.